This is for the VARIETY song. For the オンゲキ original song, please see Flower.

This song also appears in KONAMI's BEMANI series of games. For information on this, see the RemyWiki page on this song.

Song Information

 
FLOWER's maimai jacket.
 
FLOWER's CHUNITHM jacket.
 
FLOWER's old CHUNITHM jacket.

Artist: DJ YOSHITAKA「jubeat」より
Composition/Arrangement: DJ YOSHITAKA
Movie: Motion Combat
BPM: 173
Length: 2:04
maimai Genre: GAME & VARIETY
CHUNITHM Genre: VARIETY
First Music Game Appearance: maimai ORANGE
Other Music Game Appearances:

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

  • FLOWER has been remixed slightly from its original version, to achieve a more "club-like" sound. This remixed version debuted in beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro.
  • A speed remix of FLOWER by Ryu☆, titled FLOWER (Ryu☆Remix), appears on the beatnation Records album, cyber beatnation 2 -Hi Speed conclusion-.
  • A remix of FLOWER by REDALiCE, titled FLOWER REDALiCE Remix, appears in SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH.
  • A rock remix of FLOWER by TLION69, titled FLOWER -TLION69 Remix-, appears in GuitarFreaksXG3 & DrumManiaXG3.
  • A piano arrangement of FLOWER by Jun Wakita, titled FLOWER ~live pf addition~, appears in ノスタルジア FORTE.
  • An EDM remix of FLOWER by DJ TOTTO, titled FLOWER (STARDOM Remix), appears in DANCERUSH STARDOM.
  • A remix of FLOWER by The 4th (Ryu☆ & kors k), titled FLOWER (The 4th Remix), appears on the album Force of The 4th.
  • A rock band remix of FLOWER by B.E.L, titled Flower-Band ver.-, appears on the album BEMANI曲をバンドで演奏してみた.
  • A symphonic arrangement of FLOWER by onoken, titled FLOWER (Orchestra Arr.), appears on the album BEMANI SYMPHONY ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK.

Trivia

  • FLOWER originates from KONAMI's jubeat knit APPEND/REFLEC BEAT. It has since appeared in all of KONAMI's BEMANI series (including the cancelled おといろは); as a result of this, as well as its crossover appearances, it once was the song that had the most official appearances in arcade music games.
  • FLOWER was added to maimai ORANGE on October 29th, 2014 for AOU arcades, as a Qualifying Round song of the first 天下一音ゲ祭 event.
    • It was added to Bandai Namco's 太鼓の達人 キミドリVer. and TAITO's GROOVE COASTER EX on the same date.
    • Since February 16th, 2015, it's available in all arcades, including non-Japanese ones.
  • FLOWER's video features footage of DJ YOSHITAKA's set at the EXIT TUNES ACADEMY Ryu☆ 3rd Album「Rainbow☆Rainbow」Release Party event.
  • The notecount of FLOWER's maimai EXPERT chart is 573, which in goroawase can be read as "KONAMI".
  • In FLOWER's maimai EXPERT chart, SLIDE notes are used to spell the letters "Y, S, T, K", referencing the composer, DJ YOSHITAKA.
  • In Asian English versions of maimai, FLOWER's artist credit is left unchanged.
  • FLOWER was added to CHUNITHM at launch.
    • FLOWER was added to CHUNITHM SUPER STAR at launch.
      • It was removed from CHUNITHM SUPER STAR by mistake on February 4th, 2021, and restored on February 5th, 2021. It was removed permanently on February 25th, 2021.
  • In CHUNITHM, FLOWER is credited simply to DJ YOSHITAKA.
  • FLOWER's jacket was slightly changed in CHUNITHM STAR, changing the copyright credit from "KONAMI Digital Entertainment" to "KONAMI Amusement", due to the restructuring of KONAMI.
  • FLOWER is the first song to be revived in the CHUNITHM series, after returning in CHUNITHM NEW (in all three regions).
    • FLOWER received an ULTIMA chart upon its revival.
  • FLOWER received a Re:MASTER chart in the Asian version of maimai DX UNiVERSE PLUS at launch.
    • This chart appeared in the Japanese version on July 29th, 2022 (due to the different release schedules, it was released 1 day early in Asia).
    • In the Chinese version, this chart was added to 舞萌DX 2023 on July 6th, 2023.

Genre Changes

maimai

Game Genre
maimai ORANGE→ORANGE PLUS COLLABO
maimai PiNK→FiNALE GAME & VARIETY
maimai でらっくす VARIETY
maimai でらっくす PLUS→Present GAME & VARIETY

CHUNITHM

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

maimai difficulty rated 1 to 12 from GreeN to PiNK PLUS, 1 to 13 from MURASAKi to MiLK PLUS, 1 to 14 from FiNALE to でらっくす, and 1 to 15 from でらっくす PLUS onwards.
CHUNITHM to AIR difficulty rated from 1 to 13+, 1 to 14 from AIR PLUS to PARADISE LOST, and 1 to 15 from NEW onwards.
(Ratings and notecounts obtained from maimai on gamerch, and CHUNITHM and オンゲキ wikis on wikiwiki.)

maimai

Standard Charts

Game Level
Easy Basic Advanced Expert Master Re:Master
Notecounts 99 212 297 573 812 961
(Tap / Hold / Slide / Break) 80 / 10 / 6 / 3 198 / 18 / 2 / 2 248 / 24 / 17 / 8 510 / 34 / 23 / 6 648 / 56 / 78 / 30 771 / 91 / 55 / 44
Chart Designer - - - Jack mai-Star 小鳥遊さん
maimai ORANGE→MiLK 3 5 7 10 12 -
maimai MiLK PLUS→FiNALE 3 5 7 10 12+ -
maimai でらっくす - 5 7 10 12+ -
maimai でらっくす PLUS→UNiVERSE - 5 7 11 13+ -
maimai でらっくす UNiVERSE PLUS - 6 7 12 13+ 14
maimai でらっくす FESTiVAL - 6 8 12 13+ 14
maimai でらっくす FESTiVAL PLUS→Present - 6 8 11+ 13+ 14

CHUNITHM

Game Level
Basic Advanced Expert Master Ultima
Notecounts 294 611 1050 1180 1768
(Tap / Hold / Slide / Air / Flick) 140 / 75 / 32 / 47 355 / 151 / 39 / 66 491 / 166 / 275 / 118 799 / 240 / 27 / 91 / 23 968 / 117 / 233 / 399 / 51
Chart Designer - - ロシェ@ペンギン Revo@LC Redarrow
CHUNITHM 3 5 9 11 -
CHUNITHM PLUS→CRYSTAL PLUS 3 5 9 12 -
CHUNITHM NEW→Present 3 5 9+ 13 14

Videos

maimai

Standard Charts

Expert

Master

Re:Master

CHUNITHM

Master

Ultima

天下一音ゲ祭
天下一音ゲ祭 全国一斉認定大会 Qualifying Round songs: FLOWER - Garakuta Doll Play - Got more raves? - きたさいたま2000
Block Tournament songs: FUJIN Rumble - Ignis Danse - Scars of FAUNA - VERTeX
第二回天下一音ゲ祭 Qualifying Round song: Aiolos
Block Tournament song: Axeria
第3回天下一音ゲ祭 Qualifying Round song: Nitrous Fury
Block Tournament song: 夜明けまであと3秒
第四回天下一音ゲ祭 Qualifying Round songs: Scarlet Lance - 極圏 - セイクリッド ルイン
Block Tournament song: Xevel
National Finals song: BlazinG AIR
第五回 天下一音ゲ祭 Qualifying Round songs: GERBERA - Taiko Drum Monster - ouroboros -twin stroke of the end-
Block Tournament song: TiamaT:F minor - larva
National Finals song: Alea jacta est! - Climax